Carter's 1st birthday party

We celebarted Carter's 1st birthday on Sunday, June 27th. He had a wonderful day and had NO trouble going to bed that night! Here are some pictures from the big day.



Here is Carter with his Nana and Papaw.

Colton, Will and Cash playing in the water... these 3 were outside all day long!

They did take a little break for a snack... Will said "cheese".

Here is my little King of the Jungle :).

Papaw and Mamaw with the birthday boy

We "attempted" to get a picture with Carter. He was a little over all of the pictures and refused to participate :)! I don't blame him... all of the other kiddos were outside.

Sissy had the right idea... M&M's. He had his first taste this day and let's just say, he LOVES them!

The little guy's cake. It was so cute and delicous!

Carter's smash cake

Will telling EVERYBODY Happy Birthday :). He has enjoyed singing Happy birthday to Carter ALLLL month long and has continued to do so... it is sweet!

Singing Happy birthday to my 1 year old angel!

Here is goes... he LOVED his smash cake. I had to strip him down and take him to the pool outside to clean him up!

What??? Doesn't everyone do this with cake? :)

Present time... we didn't get a ton of pictures of him opening presents, but he had a great time. Thanks everyone for all of his gifts. Eddie says we have a lot of old toys to throw away now :)

Ashley sent a present from Ella... thanks Ella for the adorable beach towel :)!

Will showing Carter his new book

He got a new chair and sat in it for a while. Precious angel!

Again, we "ATTEMPTED" a family picture. We were all hot and nasty and the boys were uninterested :)

Colton man... he is SOOOO sweet to his baby cousins. They all adore him!

Carter's new present from us... he got a fire engine. It has a water hose and everything. We have had a lot of fun on it!

Will and Cash enjoying a good swing... they were both very sleepy by this point.

Nana sharing some water with the birthday boy!

We all had an awesome day! Thanks everyone for making Carter's 1st birthday SO SPECIAL!

12 month check up and Father's Day Weekend

It has been a while since I have blogged. I took Carter for his 12 month check up and here are his stats:

26 lbs 8 oz
31 inches tall
90%

He was so amazing at the doctor. He whimpered when he got his shots and when I picked him up he was releived and never made another fuss! He has expanded his vocabulary -- he says "quack, quack", no-no, nana, and uh-oh. He is Alllllll over the place! Love, love my sweet little baby!

This past weekend, the boys and I headed to Booneville, since daddy had to work. We spent Saturday at the pool with Eddie's parents and Saturday night we celebrated my twin nephews, Brandon and Jordan's THIRTEENTH birthday... made me feel old! They should still be babies! Will sang Happy Birthday to them alllll day :). Here are some pictures.

Carter getting ready for pool... isn't he precious!


Carter LOVES the water. He splashed around and liked the floats.

Will loves the water, but really loves nana and papaw's golf cart. He said ride and water all day! Happy Father's Day to one special papaw... my boys adore Papaw Chittom!

Carter was quite exhausted, so he napped on the swing with Nana while Will and I played.

This is officially my independent, fearless 2 year old who has learned to throw some hissy fits like no other, but most of the time he is a happy little guy!

I LOVE my Carter's curls and his beach - all :)!

I didn't get a lot of pictures of the party, but here is an adorable one. This is my 5 month old nephew, Brylin. He is adorable and NEVER cries! JEALOUS!

And here are the official teenagers! LOVE these boys! I am so proud of them!

We also celebrated Father's day with my daddy! He is adored by his daughters and SEVEN grandboys :)! We love you, daddy!

Annnnd when we returned Sunday after church, we saw our daddy. Eddie is Will and Carter's hero. Thank you so much for being such a wonderful daddy! We love you!

Sweet sugar!

Happy 1st birthday, Carter!

Last Monday, June 7th, Carter turned ONE! I must say, that up to the big day, he had a really rough time. He caught a stomach bug and was sick Thursday and Friday, so we had to cancel his party. To top it off, he had to get antibiotic shots three days in a row for a double ear infection :(. At least he didn't have one on his birthday! All of the sickness did not slow the little guy down. He loved all of the attention, presents, and chocolate that he got on his birthday.

Updates... He is a professional walker now, although he still crawls if it gets him from A to B faster. His new favorite word is hot. He says it when he eats, when he gets in the bathtub, when he is outside, etc. He loves to wave and say bye bye or hi right now and throw things, following up with uh-oh (he learned this from Will). He also says whoa and yay. He and his big brother are besties... nobody in the world can make Carter belly laugh like Will. Here are some pictures of my precious little guy on his birthday.

Good morning to my precious little birthday boy :)!
Opening his card from Will...

And his present from Will... he got him a neat tool bench

Carter with his first cupcake. I have fed him sweet stuff here and there, but I have not given him a whole piece before. Let's just say he loved it...

Can you tell?

I think my hands need to be wiped now, Momma :)!

Eddie pretty much worked 24 hours a day last week for the tournament, so I loaded the boys up to go see him. Carter wanted to see his daddy on his first birthday, but all the festivities and bath wore him out...

I love this picture... my very very handsome three boys. They are my world!

Daddy took us for a ride around the course. The boys had a ball. Carter waved and said bye bye each time we passed someone.

The boys telling their daddy bye. They each had small meltdowns when we left :(.

We had a blast celebrating his 1st birthday. I love my adorable little 1 year old!!!

Carter's 1st year

Carter Thomas will be celebrating his 1st birthday on Monday. He is an amazing baby boy and I have enjoyed every last minute of being his momma and watching him grow and learn. I can't belive my BABY is almost 1!!!

He is officially walking as of this week... he took his first steps at the beginning of May and finally took the plunge across the room this past week. I would have captured this on camera this week, but it is broken at the moment, so I hope to post some soon! I will also give more updates about him at that time and post some videos of him in action!

I posted some pictures of him over the past year! I tried not to put too many, but it is hard narrowing down allllll of the pictures I have to just a few!

Look at my precious angel... he was 1 day old here. Love at first sight!
Will wanted to send him back... even though he was in shock, he was meeting his best friend for the first time!

Miss the patty gowns...

My boys :)... sometimes wish they were still this size!

He loves wearing daddy's hat!

Carter's first Thanksgiving

Carter's first Christmas

Bathtime fun

Daddy is the best...

Carter's first Easter... precious child!

Loving life...

Sweet brothers! Who knew that an unfolded sheet could provide so much entertainment?!?!

I can't wait to celebrate with this little guy on Monday! We love you Carter and can't wait for the years to come!!!

Will and Carter REALLY miss...

THEIR DADDY... can you tell?!?!We think that the St. Jude tournament is a wonderful event for a great cause; however, Eddie has been working long, long hours and the boys and I miss him so much... we are ready for June 13th! They both wanted to sit with him upstairs tonight... so sweet!